Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 終

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Basic Meaning

The kanji fundamentally conveys the idea of "end," "finish," or "completion." It signifies the culmination of something, the point at which an action, event, or process reaches its conclusion. It can also imply the finality or ultimate point of a matter.

Readings

・On-yomi (音読み): シュウ (shū) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): おわる (owar[終]u) (to end, to finish), おえる (owar[終]eru) (to finish, to bring to an end)

Usage Examples

⚫︎授業 Translation: Class is over. ⚫︎わりの時 Translation: The end time (of now) ⚫︎ Translation: Final episode

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Origin and Formation

The kanji is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side is a silk radical (糸, ito), suggesting threads or weaving. The right side is a phonetic component (also pronounced シュウ or shū), representing a sound. Together, they depict the act of ending the weaving process, where the threads are brought together to complete the cloth. The silk radical provides the semantic element of textile, and the phonetic provides the sound and the meaning of end and termination. The original meaning evolved and became generalized to the broader sense of "end" or "finish."

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